[arderkrag]

Ard's Ginger Stir-Fry Chicken

A few years back, my wife attempted to learn to make ginger candies. She quickly discovered that it isn't nearly as easy as it sounds and threw in the towel. I took some of the process, specifically the caramelization process, and applied it to chicken. Feel free to judge the results yourself. It's a fairly simple recipe, but cleanup is a pain as the caramelized ginger is hard as glue to clean off the wok. For this reason, I recommend an iron wok if available so you can simply steel wool or steel brush the ginger away.


You will need:

3 tablespoons of ground ginger
2 tablespoons of ground garlic
1 tablespoon of chopped (absolutely not ground) rosemary
1 teaspoon of ground sage
Three cups of oil (Sesame works best, but canola or peanut will work fine as well)
3 Chicken breasts, cut into strips (size is up to you, I wouldn't go more than 1 inch wide and 3 inches long)
A large wok

Pour oil into wok. Bring to slight boil. Add ginger & other spices and whisk vigourously until fully saturated. Bring to a roiling boil. Add chicken. Allow oil to boil down until it sits under chicken in wok, stirrring constantly. Continue until ginger forms breading-like shell over chicken. Be careful to make sure chicken does not begin to stick to wok. Serve over fried rice or with pot stickers (or both!). With generous sides, can easily serve up to four.

[reaganaut]

that sounds good!

[SAJ]

A not officially sanctioned trick for saving work cleaning up caramelized ANYTHING.

Line the wok/pan with foil before cooking. Doesn't affect the flavour of the stir fry at all.

[reformedliberal]

Candied chicken! Sounds good.

Invest in a bottle of Dawn Power Dissolve (usually found on the same shelf as Dawn Dishwashing). Rinse out the pan and spray the cooked on stuff with the Power Dissolve. Let sit while you eat. The gunk will dissolve to a soft brown goo and be easily washed off. This is also a godsend for stuck on popcorn when someone has to make popcorn the old fashioned way and forgets to shake the pot enough. The Power Dissolve will also take off old stains from Pyrex, but will take more elbow grease and sometimes a Mr. Clean white scrubbing pad.